Peer Advocate Specialist - Part-Time - Transitional Services For New York Inc
Briarwood, NY 11435
About the Job
TSI is looking for a Peer Advocate Specialist for our Empowerment Center located in Jamaica (Queens), NY.
Position Salary: $20.50 / hour, Part-Time
Position Summary
Provide support, encouragement and assistance to mental health consumers. Promote those activities that foster recovery and empowerment by sharing their personal experiences, when appropriate, modeling self-help and wellness activities. Applicant required to have personal lived experience with the mental health system.
Essential Functions
- Peer counseling
- Mental health education
- Information workshops
- Advocacy training
- Entitlement workshops
- Housing-related services
- Homeless outreach
- Consumer rights education
- Conflict resolution
- Substance abuse counseling
- Cultural sensitivity training
- Consumer governance/technical assistance
- Self-help services
- ADL training
- Voter education/political action
- Interpersonal skill development
- Social network development
- Telephone outreach
- Be able to sit or stand as needed, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- May require walking, primarily on a level surface, for short periods throughout the day, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Be able to reach above shoulder heights, below the waist or lift as required to file
- documents or store materials throughout the workday, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- During a declared disaster, assume and adhere to assigned Job Action role(s) consistent with Disaster Preparedness Plan.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Experience/Education/Skills/Abilities
High School diploma or a combination of education and relevant experience to total four years and graduate of a Peer Advocate training program. Applicant required to have personal lived experience with the mental health system.
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